John Ames Mitchell Illustrator (2 results)
Published by Henry Holt and Co., New York 1875
- Hardcover
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Antiquarian Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. leisure hour series; Large 8vo; (xvi), 402 pages; Contents clean and complete in original pictorial cloth binding with decorative stamping in black and gold depicting a cherub perched in a web of vine leaves. Cloth rubbed and worn at spine ends and edges; all edges gilt. OCLC 291543 With illustra…ted title and vignettes drawn by John A. Mitchell and engraved by Henry Marsh (American, 1826-1912), a master of wood engraving. A beautifully designed book with a broad selection of entertaining literary pieces, including selections from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Leigh Hunt, Walter Savage Landor, Thomas Moore, Austin Dobson, W.M. Thackeray, Samuel T. Coleridge, Percy B. Shelly, Lord Byron, Owen Meredith, et al. The illustrator John Ames Mitchell, (1845-1918) was an American painter, etcher,engraver, author, and publisher. He attended Phillip Exeter Academy and then Harvard Medical School. Mitchell then went to France to study architecture and returned to Boston where he worked in architecture for several years. Dissatisfied with architecture, Mitchell went back to Paris to study painting and etching at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Eventually Mitchell settled in Washington Square in New York and began his career as an illustrator and etcher. Fascinated with etchings and drawings, he took his life savings and founded Life Magazine a magazine of art, humor and literature which would promote illustrative drawings. Mitchell served as both publisher and editor of that magazine from its founding in 1883 through the rest of his life. Charles Henry Jones (1848 â" 1913), American journalist and editor, was born in Georgia and joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War at the age of 15. In 1866 he moved to New York, where he edited Eclectic Magazine and Appleton's Journal for 15 years. Jones moved to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1881 and established the Florida Daily Times, which merge with its rival Florida Union to become the Florida Times-Union. A decade later Jones was editor of St. Louis Republic, St. Louis Dispatch (1895â"97) and New York World (1893â"95). He was president of the National Editorial Association.
More imagesPublished by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York 1917
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.Heartwood Books and Art
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Drowsy by John Ames Mitchell (First Edition) A firm copy with mild wear to spine edges and corners. Mild spine lean. Owner's name and gift inscription to front free endpaper. A bright pictorial jacket. Mild wear to edges with chips to upper spine.… Mild soiling to cover. In clear protective cover. No publication date given. Copyright 1917. Blue textured cloth with gilt-stamped lettering; blue lettering framed in gilt to front panel. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Plates and illustrations. 301 pp. Angus Macdonall(Illustrator) John Ames Mitchell(Illustrator) (illustrator). BOOK.
